You probably need more RAM or to run the games on lower settings. If you don't know a lot about computers I couldn't advise against overclocking enough. The risks involved far outweigh the pay-off unless you know precisely what you're doing.
2007-12-11 01:22:07
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answered by Flavor Vortex 7
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I whole heartedly agree with the other response. If you don't know how to overclock, don't. If you want to learn there are plenty of how to guides out there, but proceed at your own risk.
The first thing to upgrade is always RAM. If you are running Vista and trying to play a game like Crysis I would recommend a minimum of 2GB RAM.
Next, upgrade your drivers for your video card and sound card.
Next, check forums on your vid card mfr site and motherboard mfr sites for any issues between the two. There may be tweaks to bios settings needed.
Common mistake, don't run the game at the highest settings. Start in the middle, play, if all is good, bump the settings up a bit, test some more until you find you start having issues then back the settings down to the last known good configuration.
And finally, exit any applications running in the background during gameplay. Check out your task bar, most apps will let you right click the icon in the task bar and exit them.
If at the end of the day you are still determined to overclock, use the utilities that came with the motherboard, if this is a custom build pc. Just don't get crazy!!
Hope this helps!
2007-12-11 01:35:42
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answered by CCG 1
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I highly doubt your gaming woes are a result of a lack of CPU performance. Even if that were the case, over clocking these days is silly. One because clock speed is not the bottle neck in current computers so performance gains will be minimal, and two because CPUs are so cheap anymore that you can just buy a faster processor for not much more than you'd pay for the hardware to keep an over clocked CPU from overheating. Plus, you run the risk of seriously damaging your computer by over clocking, and any warranty you have would be void.
How much RAM do you have and are you running Vista? I would bet you are running out of memory causing the system to thrash: the system gets stuck in a cycle of having to swap data back and forth between the hard disk and RAM because there's not enough RAM. Open up task manager while you are playing a game and take a look under the performance tab to see how much of your total RAM you are using. If most of your RAM is being used, that is probably your problem right there. And if you are running Vista, you will need at least 2 GB of memory.
If you are low on RAM, you can pick up an upgrade here: http://www.crucial.com/
You can add a GB of memory for not much money (~$50) and it will make sizable difference.
2007-12-11 01:41:33
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answered by limaxray 3
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Overclocking a computer will almost never fix your problem. Even tho I am not a gamer, I will show you how to get better performance.
If you have a car which will only do 20mph and ask me why, I may respond that, since you have a VW and you are trying to tow 20 other cars at one time, I am very suprised it will go at all. You need to run just one or 2 programs at a time. To find out how many you are running at once, point your pointer at task bar, right click and select task manager. On the processes tab on the bottom left corner, it will tell you how many you are running at one time. If this number is less than 30, then your computer is probably running fairly efficient and performing well. 30-40 processes and you are doing a lot with your computer and will see some speed reduction, but mostly acceptable. Above about 43 or 44 processes and you start to bog down. Above 50 and you are overworking your computer and it will probably be noticably slow, and you have a good chance you are infected with malware unless you have multiple printers, multiple..everything. And if you have 60 or more processes your computer is at risk of being a zombie. Above 70 processes and many people are probably using your computer all over the world for covert activities.
To get your computer to a managable number, go to Start, Run and type "msconfig" and enter.
Go to startup tab. Uncheck all or most of your applications and reboot. Then, you should have much fewer applications start and your computer will work much faster, no longer towing half the cars in your parking lot.
2007-12-11 01:32:31
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answered by Anonymous
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What motherboard are you applying and what BIOS revision? we ought to comprehend this to respond to your question. the flexibility furnish is likewise important. you besides might must be slightly greater precise in describing what you have completed to objective to overclock. The center 2 Quads are no longer perfect for overclocking, exceptionally by way of configuration of the multipliers. this is done however. The AMD black version quad cores are lots greater uncomplicated to overclock. maximum Phenom II 965's may be overclocked to a minimum of three.7 GHz applying the multipliers and voltage, perfect out of the container with nor issues. easily, having an rather reliable cooling answer (that while you have already got) in basic terms comes into play with you tension try the CPU. For the geniuses that did no longer easily study his submit, he's asserting his laptop restarts many times. he isn't asserting that he runs Prime95 and the CPU hits 80 C and crashes. he isn't even attending to that time. If his quad center is working 30 C (40 C idle is commonplace for that CPU), there's a surprisingly reliable risk he already has a surprisingly powerful cooler on it. it would be great if human beings might purely R-E-A-D his question earlier responding. replace: Oh, i'm getting a vote down purely by way of fact I supply materials and state prevalent information approximately locked multipliers? Now, there is the evidence that the idiots run this place.
2016-11-02 21:25:56
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answered by ? 4
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most of these guys dont know what theyre talking about. they think ur pc ram is 512... but i know you're talking about ur video card. u need a new video card. make sure u have 2 gigs of ram to run crysis... but u will DEFINATELY need a $250 video card to run it smoothly. its one of the most hardware demanding games out there... and if u wanna play it at high resolution u need a good video card. ur card is like $20 on sale at frys. anyways if u wanna play them smoothly tone down the graphics and resolution. your cpu is fine.. the dual cores are more than enough processing power... just not video power. dont bother trying to fry it by overclocking if u dont know what you are doing. if you want to do some research into it... go for it... you can safely overclock it if u kno what ur doing. but it wouldnt make a difference with a crap video card. i recommend an 8800 gt as it is the best bang for the buck right now u can order them online for around 250 or 260 shipped. email me if u have more questions. samgix6@yahoo.com
2007-12-11 03:42:08
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answered by sam in the 619 3
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It probably the video slow to card redraw Also add another 512 megs would help Don't over clock that the easiest way to smoke the CPU
2007-12-11 01:27:36
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answered by pwwilly 3
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Plz dont try to overclock it might damage ur PC. Do u have any antivirus installed? or any other heavy background applications? try to cancel those background services. and if does not work increase ur RAM it will definately improve ur system
2007-12-11 01:33:47
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answered by soumo_123 1
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Your hardware appears to be the problem. Your video card is not all that great to be running games like crysis smoothly, being that, your ram probably isn't that great either. overclocking.. i dunno if you should do that, I would buy new parts instead.
2007-12-11 01:27:14
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answered by Anonymous
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yes yes more ram
2007-12-11 01:24:09
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answered by Eric D 1
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